Type: Poem

“I will never normalize mass death”

“No altars for candles and teddy bears. / No petitions, angry protests, or briefings.”

Poem in response to school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, May 24, 2022

“We will return to you, / you will return to us.”

“I want to know this: did God see you / trying as hard as you could / to live?”

“This is the time of year I love”

“And we will see to it that justice, the kind you fought for and died protecting, ever reigns”

“the chord structure in my ears-heart-mind-body-soul”

“This year we have someone new joining our Seder table”

“It’s my first time / to take up the rhythm, / keep count”